https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Armando_MenezesArmando Menezes - Revision history2026-07-31T04:18:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Armando_Menezes&diff=235416&oldid=prev->Gotitbro at 08:24, 11 September 20212021-09-11T08:24:28Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br />
{{multiple issues|<br />
{{more citations needed|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{notability|Academics|date=November 2012}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Professor '''Armando Menezes''' (1902–1983) was an Indian civil servant, writer, academic and poet who wrote in English.<br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
He was born on 11 May 1902 in, [[São Matias, Goa|São Matias]], [[Divar]], Goa. After a Portuguese education in Goa, he completed his higher studies at the Bombay University. At the M.A. Examination of the university he obtained the coveted Chancellor's gold medal in Latin. He taught at St Xavier's College Bombay, his own [[alma mater]], where he became head of the department of English. Later he taught English at Karnataka College Dharwad, where he rose to become Principal. He became the first professor and chairman of the department of English in Karnatak University and some of the early.professors were his.doctoral students. Prof Menezes successfully translated Vachana Literature from Kannada into English with the assistance of S S Malawad, Prof Yeravintelimath and Prof Sarojini Shintri who was his doctoral student. This translation work is his substantial contribution to the native literature.<br />
<br />
He was appointed Undersecretary of Education by the Government of the Bombay State and retired from his long career as an educator after this posting. <br />
<br />
Dr Patil Puttappa in one of his Kannada articles on memorable teachers has specified that [[Dr Nanabhoy Palkhivala]], the famous Indian lawyer and constitutional expert, was his student. He always mentioned that he had the highest regards for the oratorical and teaching skills of Prof Armando Menezes.<ref><br />
Kannada book titled ''Avara Baduku Namage Belaku'' by Dr Patil Puttappa (title translated- (''Their life is like Light for Us'') Publisher: Sahitya PRakashana Dagibana Pete Hubli</ref><br />
<br />
He died in 1983 in [[Bombay]].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pt.scribd.com/document/238108867/Armando-Menezes|title = Armando Menezes &#124; Romanticism &#124; Poetry}}</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menezes, Armando}}<br />
[[Category:Indian civil servants]]<br />
[[Category:People from North Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:1902 births]]<br />
[[Category:1983 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{India-poet-stub}}</div>->Gotitbro